Hyperkinks: scandalous literature, feminist porn and sex positivity
Posted at 13:07 on 14 Jul 2014 by Pandora Blake
Kink
- On Thursday I was lucky enough to be present at my friend Nimue Allen's most intense, ambitious scene yet - a forced headshaving fantasy incorporating psychological torture, betrayal, degredation, cold caning, belly punching, water torture and more. It was an ultra-small crew, just me, Nimue, her top (The Boss), and one other camera operator (her partner Rosie), which made the whole thing very intimate. It was one of the most electrically intense BDSM scenes I have ever taken part in, and I was honoured to hold space and bear witness as Nimue pushed herself to her limit.
- In "scientific studies that surprise no-one" news, Kinky Sex Might Get You High: BDSM Makes For Altered States, Study Says
- Jilly Boyd has embarked on a series of reviews of Dreams of Spanking - part one looks at equestrian film 'Lady Godiva'.
- Hit Me with Your Best Shot: 3 Ways BDSM Made Me More Mindful. "After a scene I feel calmer; in days that follow I actually feel more in charge of my body and my mind than before. I dont find weakness in my submission in the bedroom, I find pleasure and presence and peace."
- Relatedly, I also enjoyed the second series in Jilly's month of posts on spanking, What I think about when I think about spanking. "It centres me. More than any amount of yoga or mindfulness or meditation has ever done."
Porn
- What happens when the state confiscates scandalous literature? You end up with an enormous secret library of pornography.
- The Pearl - Victorian porn at its finest. A raunchy Victorian magazine published by by William Lazenby, full of whipping and flogging, which perfected the art of tease-and-denial. "So what does the pornography of a famously buttoned-up era look like? It looks deeply, profoundly perverted."
- Violet Blue's latest open source sex round up: "The boys club of adult film is slowly disbanding, and more women are watching, creating and, (more importantly) discussing porn."
- And that's not the only feminist porn in the news; here's yet another article attempting to define feminist porn. I liked this bit: "Its not all about the orgasm its about letting your inner pervert out."
- From the CrashPad Series, a fantastic post detailing 7 ways to access their members-only content for free or on a budget. This is an amazing approach, I've been thinking of doing something similar for Dreams of Spanking.
- Feminist porn award winner 2014 Lucie Blush has launched a new paysite called Lucie Makes Porn, which includes her film 'Alice Inside' which I saw screened in Toronto. Definitely worth checking out.
- Australian feminist porn starlet Aeryn Walker has some tough words on censorship and Visa/Mastercard regulations. "Menstruation porn is outright banned which I think is sexist and prudish as fuck!"
- And finally, I couldn't leave out Zoe Margolis' new tumblr Daily Male Objectification. Because women like to look at men too.
Politics
- Its official guys, casual sex IS good for you, according to new study. "When it came to those who were sociosexually unrestricted, having casual sex was associated with higher self-esteem and life satisfaction and lower depression and anxiety."
- Some good stuff in this post Identifying As Sex Positive. "To really understand the term sex-positive, it needs to be contextualized in the history of sexual characterization."
- A fantastic post from queer porn star Chelsea Poe: Realness. "Like it or not porn is the biggest place in our society where trans people are visible."
- A few days ago it was the anniversary of the death of Petite Jasmine, a swedish sex worker who was murdered last year. Social services had taken her children away several years previously because she was a sex worker. Custody was given to her abusive ex who threatened and stalked her on numerous occasions, and refused to let her see her children. After four lengthy trials she finally won the right to access her kids again but she had to interact with her ex in order to do so. He killed her in front of her son. This is a really good post on what happened to Jasmine and why the "Swedish model" is so harmful to sex working women and their families: The Bloody State Gave Him The Power: A Swedish Sex Workers Murder.
- The French Senate Select Committee have recently voted criminalisation of clients out of the bill that will be presented to the French Senate. I hope that other countries follow suit and reject the failed "Swedish model" and follow the lead of New Zealand and New South Wales in adopting the only human rights based approach to sex work: full decriminalisation.
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